We have turned the six-month mark in our new house, which flew by! Building a house is like being pregnant, it seems to take FOREVER then suddenly you blink and it's been a whole year! Today, rather than waiting to be completely done with our dining room, I thought I'd share … [Read more...]
Progress + Updates in Our New Dining Room
January 22, 2019 by 6 Comments
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Our Top Posts of 2018 & Looking Ahead to 2019
December 31, 2018 by 15 Comments
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Can you believe it is the last day of 2018? What a year this was! It was a full and eventful year for both Christy and me for sure. Much as I crave simplicity and quiet, I am pretty sure 2019 will bring more of the same! What matters most is that all of you continue to come along with … [Read more...]
The Look for Less–Console Table Makeover & Sprayer Giveaway
October 15, 2018 by 25 Comments
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This post is sponsored by HomeRight, we are proud to partner with them as ambassadors to share their great products. As always, all opinions are my own. If you are a fan of getting a high-end look at a low-end price, then I have a great project to share with you today. I have had my eye on the … [Read more...]
The Fall One Room Challenge–My Daughter’s Room Makeover
October 4, 2018 by 4 Comments
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I am so excited to jump into this fall's One Room Challenge! Along with a whole bunch of other bloggers, I'll be taking on the project of making over a room in our home over the next six weeks and sharing the process. Of course, I will hopefully share the spectacular end result with you in early … [Read more...]
Furniture Projects with the HomeRight Finish Max & Medium Spray Shelter
August 24, 2018 by 34 Comments
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This post is sponsored by HomeRight. We are proud to partner with them as Brand Ambassadors and share their useful product with you, all opinions are my own. The Easiest Way to Paint Furniture I sometimes think of using my HomeRight paint sprayer only for large projects, like if I am painting a … [Read more...]
Saving Our Wood Adirondack Chairs with HomeRight
June 18, 2018 by 24 Comments
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We are proud to partner with the HomeRight company as brand ambassadors and they sponsored this post, all opinions are my own. With our move to our new home rapidly approaching, I haven't had time to do a lot of DIY projects recently. This project was fast and … [Read more...]
Our New Home: My Dream Closet with California Closets
May 6, 2018 by 6 Comments
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Thank you California Closets for sponsoring this post. As we get closer to completing our new home I am working on finalizing some of the details to make the space completely the way we want to live in it. One of the tasks I have been most looking forward to is working on … [Read more...]
How To Clean Your Porch After Winter {And Our New Screen Porch Reveal!}
April 26, 2018 by 7 Comments
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This post is sponsored by HomeRight, we are proud to partner with them as brand ambassadors. All opinions are my own. All winter long I've been staring at our little screen porch off our kitchen, looking forward to the weather warming up enough so we could finally enjoy it. Weather that was slow to … [Read more...]
How to DIY Wood Prayer Beads for Decoration
April 8, 2018 by 6 Comments
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This is such an easy project, it almost doesn't need a tutorial but I thought I'd share how I made my own set of prayer beads with you all today. I have been seeing these pretty bead garlands all over Instagram and in home decor pictures and knew it would be nice … [Read more...]
So We Moved and Are Building a New House…
January 9, 2018 by 20 Comments
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Hi everyone, it's Amy and I have some kind of big news to share. The last month has been a bit of a whirlwind, if you follow us on Instagram that you probably have heard some of this but if you missed it, we have moved and are in the process of building a new house. Last fall we started … [Read more...]
From the Archives: Our Easiest, Affordable Home Projects
September 27, 2017 by 2 Comments
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Hi everyone and happy Wednesday! One of the things Christy and I discussed while we were together this summer is that we have so many posts now in our archives, having been at this blogging thing for almost 8 years now {seriously?}, so many of our projects have been lost in the pile-- so to … [Read more...]
Our Updated Gold Bar Cart
August 10, 2017 by 3 Comments
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Today I wanted to circle back and show you all how I quickly updated the small bar cart/drink server we have in our newly updated Library Room, you can see the whole post on the changes we recently made in this space HERE if you missed it. Basically, this is the formal living room in our … [Read more...]
